| December
25 , 2005 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Gudrun sent a few new pictures for the holidays both to update everyone and to thank the many generous people who have donated and volunteered at both the Amazon Animal Orphanage and Pilpintuwasi Butterfly Farm during 2005. I'm not sure who's doing Gudrun's hair for her photo shoot — I think it's Chavo, who is a red-faced Hucary. He's mostly a seed eater, and because the Orphanage does not have all of the trees he would naturally feed from, Gudrun purchases nuts for him. The monkeys also eat vegetables (carrots, tomatoes) which are expensive in Iquitos. The manatee, who is finally getting chubby as befits a manatee, eats lettuce . . . lots of lettuce. They also have to buy meat for Pedro, milk and baby food for the young rescued animals, and have vets costs, etc. If you feel that you can, please help support the Animal Orphanage. This is a giving time of year and the Animal Orphanage could use your assistance. Here is information about how much it takes to feed the various animals — while the cost for each generally is quite low, it does add up. Also, the "star" volunteers in this effort happen to be Gudrun and Roblar. They settled on their land to start Pilpintuwasi Butterfly Farm and came by all of their charges through happenstance due to various rescue operations by locals and visitors. This is a volunteer effort by them, and they are doing a tremendous job; almost all of these animals would have died were it not for their caring intervention. Once their health has been restored, some have wandered back to their natural habitats, such as the giant anteaters. Should you wish to help now or at a later time during the year, please follow this link to information on donating to the Amazon Animal Orphanage, and please take a few minutes to see the growing list of donors to the Orphanage and to Pilpintuwasi Butter Fly Farm. Thank you for visiting the site, thank you for your interest, thank you for your support, and here's wishing you a very Happy New Year! Dianne Levy
Web Designer |
Amazon Animal Orphanage
Pilpintuwasi Butterfly Farm
www.AmazonAnimalOrphanage.org
pilpintuwasi@hotmail.com
063-23-2665
Padre Cocha
Iquitos, Peru